Your Brain on Porn

Sex is highly glorified in our culture. Between risqué ads and promiscuous characters, the average American will see 15,000 sexual references a year on television alone. Many shows will even glorify pornography, whether by featuring porn stars in guest roles or by actually creating shows about the industry.

With these legitimatizing attitudes from TV, it’s very easy to fall into the logical trap that porn is no big deal. After all, everyone watches it, right?